An historical selection written by Lloyd M. Bellis and C. H. Willier for the Gratz Sesquicentennial, which was celebrated in 1955. The selection contains the following misleading information: (1) The […]
A photograph of the Gratz National Bank, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared in 1955, with the new addition. The following history of the bank appeared in the souvenir […]
A representation of the original Simon Gratz plan for the town of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with speculative notations as to where the earliest houses were located. The question as […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 5 December 1934: Mrs. Carrie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schminky did shopping in Harrisburg, […]
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, he was renting two rooms in the home of Jacob Graff, at the location of 7th and Market […]
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of November 7, 1934: C. U. Kratzer made a business trip to […]
A 1965 photograph of Irvin Adams, of Irvin C. Adams Motors, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, presenting the keys of the new driver training car to Joseph Marra, driver education instructor, […]
CHARLES EDWIN UMHOLTZ Charles Edwin Umholtz, age 48 years, 11 months and 7 days, died at his home in Gratz at eight o’clock Sunday morning, October 9th, as the result […]